The top 4 of the Australian Open are out! China occupies 1 seat, Zheng Qinwen faces the dark horse, and 2 Grand Slam finalists compete for a place in the final
The 2024 Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals have ended, the top 4 are officially released, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen performed well, reversed Kalinskaya 2-1, and successfully advanced, at the same time, Zheng Qinwen also broke a number of records, reaching the top 4 of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, becoming the youngest Chinese women's tennis player in the top 4 of a Grand Slam.
Zheng Qinwen is outstanding as the No. 12 seed in this Australian Open, and in the previous game, Zheng Qinwen defeated a strong opponent and broke into the top 8, while the other seeded players in the upper half of the region have been out in advance, which means that there is only one seeded player left in the upper half of the region, which shows that Zheng Qinwen is very likely to advance to the finals, but the premise is that Zheng Qinwen can beat Karinskaya in the 1/4 finals. In this battle, Zheng Qinwen launched a fierce attack as soon as he came up, and completed the break in the first game, but Karinskaya played very calmly and quickly completed the break, and the two sides once entered the offensive battle, and the first 12 games of the first set were tied 6-6, and the game entered the tie-break, Kalinskaya relied on the bottom line to hold each other and won the first set 7-4, and this set played for a full hour. Just when everyone was sweating for Zheng Qinwen, the situation on the court changed suddenly from the second set, Zheng Qinwen went through a short downturn, ushered in a big outbreak, and won consecutive breaks, and soon pulled back a set 6-3, and in the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen was even more firepower, and soon won another set 6-1, thus winning the reversal with a total score of 2-1.
This victory is of great significance to Zheng Qinwen and the Chinese women's tennis team, this is the first time that the Chinese women's tennis player has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open after 10 years, the last player who reached the top 4 was Li Na, and Zheng Qinwen also became the third Chinese women's tennis player to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, and Zheng Qinwen's instant world ranking has also risen to 10th, creating a new personal high. In the next semi-finals, Zheng Qinwen will face the big dark horse Yastremska who broke through from the qualifying round, who defeated the 2-time Australian Open champion Azarenka in the previous game, and from the qualifying round, Yastremska has won 8 games in a row, is the biggest dark horse of this Australian Open, although Yastremska was not known to the outside world before, but the strength she showed has proved that she is not a weakling, so Zheng Qinwen needs to be ready to deal with difficulties.
The other two Grand Slam winners, Sabalenka and Gauff, met in the semi-finals of the US Open, where Gauff defeated Sabalenka 2-1 to win her first career Grand Slam title. Whether it is Gauff or Sabalenka advancing to the final, it will be a huge test for Zheng Qinwen, and I hope Zheng Qinwen can withstand the pressure and play the semifinals first. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.